Win all 4 books in Tony Hays' Arthurian mystery series!

Thanks to the generosity of author Tony Hays Passages to the Past has all four of his Arthurian mystery novels up for grabs! The series consists of The Killing Way, The Divine Sacrifice and The Beloved Dead, which were released to fabulous reviews. The fourth novel, The Stolen Bride will be out in April 2012.

The lucky giveaway winner will win the following:

The Killing Way (hardcover)

The Divine Sacrifice (paperback)

The Beloved Dead (hardcover)

The Stolen Bride - an advance reading copy will be sent once they are available in November

It is the time of Arthur, but this is not his storied epic. Arthur is
a young and powerful warrior who some would say stands on the brink of
legend. Britain’s leaders have come to elect a new supreme king, and
Arthur is favored. But when a young woman is brutally murdered and the
blame is placed at Merlin’s feet, Arthur’s reputation is at stake and
his enemies are poised to strike. Arthur turns to Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, a
man whose knowledge of battle and keen insight into how the human mind
works has helped Arthur come to the brink of kingship.

Malgwyn is also the man who hates Arthur most in the world.

After
the death of Malgwyn's wife by Saxon hands, he became Mad Malgwyn,
killer of Saxons and right-hand lieutenant to the warrior Arthur. Right
hand, that is, until a Saxon cut his sword arm off and left him to die
on the battlefield. Arthur rescued him. Now a one-armed scribe and a
heavy drinker, Malgwyn rejects the half-life that his liege gave
him. But loyalty is sometimes stronger than loathing…and Malgwyn is
pulled toward a puzzle that he can’t walk away from.

Think CSI:Medieval: gritty, powerful, and with the true ring of historical perspective and a character who sees more than those around him. The Killing Way is the first in a mystery series that is sure to be a hit with both mystery readers and historical fans alike.

TheDivine Sacrifice continues the story of King Arthur's conselor, Malgwyn ap Cuneglas, a solider who lost his arm in battle.

Arthur
and Malgwyn are called to the abbey of Glastonbury to settle a matter
of great political importance—tin is being mined for export to the
Empire. While there, Malgwyn and Arthur meet St. Patrick, a legend in
the Church who is there on a mission of his own, to root out the heresy
of Pelagius.

When an aged monk is found cruelly murdered in his
cell, Malgwyn is set with a problem that will test his skills as an
investigator. His search for the truth may uncover a conspiracy that
could endanger the kingdom.

Gritty and powerful with a true ring of historical perspective, and a character who sees more than those around him, The Divine Sacrifice is a historical mystery that will hook mystery readers and historical fans alike.

Malgwyn ap Cuneglas was one of King Arthur’s earliest companions and
now is his most trusted counselor. Despite the malice of his enemies,
who fear Arthur’s power, and the machinations of the still powerful
druids who mightily resist him, Malgwyn knows that Arthur will stop at
nothing in his efforts to lead his people to Christ and help to bring
civil law and justice to a people who have known little such.

To
consolidate his power, Arthur decides that it is time to take a noble
wife. But in this Malgwyn knows not only his lord’s ambition but his
personal grief, because in order to take a queen Arthur must set aside
his love Guinevere, because he believes that the scandal surrounding
their affair has tainted her for the crown.

Malgwyn is sent
north to fetch the young woman who is to be Arthur’s bride. The way is
fraught with tension and disaster for there are forces who would not see
the king wed. When Malgwyn discovers a string of killings involving
young virginal women who are slaughtered in a horrific manner—not unlike
a ritual sacrifice—he is left with a question that he must answer
quickly.

Are these murders portents of the gods taking vengeance on the intrusion of a new faith?

A
murdered king, his young and defenseless widow, and the fate of all of
Britain are in the hands of a one-armed scribe Malgwyn ap Cuneglas is
counselor to Arthur, High King of the Britons. When he accompanies his
liege to the West to broker a deal between warring tribes, they come
across a scene of utmost depravity and murder to sicken even the most
battle-hardened warrior. Things don’t get any better when they finally
arrive at their destination to discover that King Dogel is
fighting to keep his kingdom safe from both Saxons from abroad and
younger nobles vying for power. Dogel loses that fight when shortly
after Arthur and his counselor arrive, he is murdered. His young wife,
defenseless and alone, appeals to Arthur to find her husband’s killer.
Arthur agrees and Malgwyn is given this almost impossible task.

Why is Arthur so interested in keeping this small region stable and
under the High King’s influence? Perhaps because Dogel’s people had
discovered caves that might contain huge veins of gold….

The Stolen Bride is the next masterpiece in Tony Hay’s critically acclaimed Arthurian mystery series.

About Tony Hays...As an active member of Mystery Writers of America and the
Appalachian Writer's Association, Tony is the author of seven novels, six historical
mysteries and a contemporary satire, The Trouble With Patriots, set in the Middle
East and released in 2002 by Bridge Works Press. It has now been optioned for film.
His first novel, Murder on the Twelfth Night, was nominated for the Tennessee Volunteer
Book Award.

The first three volumes in his Dark Ages mysteries, The Killing Way, The Divine
Sacrifice and The Beloved Dead, have met with wide acclaim, each receiving starred
reviews from both Library Journal and Publisher’s Weekly and glowing praise from
Booklist, Kirkus, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, the Historical Novel Society
Book Review, and many more.

Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine named The Divine Sacrifice
one of the best new mysteries of 2010. Publisher’s Weekly has called Tony one of
the best authors in the medieval field today.

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I love Arthurian novels, would be fun to compare with Cornwell's series! This is Emma @ Words And Peace. ehc16e at yahoo dot com.as you know I follow you, I am part of the FB page, I retweeted this, shared it on FB, and also pinned the picture of the 1st book on Pinterest, with the link to your post. Thanks for all your fantastic giveaways. Emma

My favorite period -- can't believe I never even knew these books were out there! This is Pam at pamela_berkman@yahoo.com. Have followed on FB for some time, will now go follow on Twitter, and I'll be sure to share. Thanks, Amy! Can't wait.

This wonderful grouping of novels sounds like a really great read and I would love to be able to win and devour them. Yes, I am a follower of Passages to the Past both online and at the website. Thank you for a very intriguing synopsis of each of these books.

It makes a pleasant change for giveaways to have international entry (I'm in the UK), and for it to be for such a wonderful prize, too! Wow! I've only just discovered your site through another member here/friend of mine posting on Facebook, and your site is right up my street so I had already subscribed to both the site and Facebook before I discovered the giveaway! lol! I will post to my Facebook wall to see if we can find some more recruits! hehe! bastet@fmgirl.com

Oh wow...how did I miss this post...guess being out of town messed me all up with my blog reading! Wonderful giveaway and all of these books sound so intriguing. Count me in please ;)Thanks, Robertarlphilbr13@aol.com